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Sunhawk posted...

Since we're talking energy production, what do you think of Angela Merkel's decision to get rid of all nuclear power in Germany by, I think, 2020?

She's a smart person, with a STEM background, but I think this is a big mistake. If I was running my own country (pretty big "if", but there we go), I would convert pretty much all energy production to nuclear power. Very clean, pretty safe, and each station generates huge amounts of power. Plus, you don't have to worry about the wind blowing, or the sun shining. Just getting more uranium, pretty much, and there's still quite a lot of that. I hate all those green people who say it's evil, and that it pollutes the environment really badly (which isn't true).

The anti-nuclear movement was a terrible idea. I think it's not so much that it was Merkel's fault personally as she did this in response to a large anti-nuclear power movement that was gaining strength across Germany. The decision to scrap nuclear power has been a huge setback for Germany's climate change goals. There is no doubt about that. Usage of coal power went up in the years following this decision.

Those green people you speak of drive me crazy. They have harmed the environmental movement in many ways. Virtually all rational environmentalists who have put effort into studying the issues will come down in favor of nuclear power, but it's these crazy hysterical greens who end up shouting the loudest. Environmentalism in general has a bad name because of those types. Greenpeace I am looking at you.
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